Ah I see. Wasn't sure why maintaining a sense of locality was important,
but that does make sense.

In that case, as you say, I think a link to switch between the current
map and a more-zoomed-out one would definitely be a good idea.

Harry


On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 14:36 +0100, Matthew Somerville wrote:
> Harry Metcalfe wrote:
> > I don't quite understand that -- what's wrong with have the current
> > level of zoom as a default, and providing controls to change it?
> 
> I'm not sure how I can reword "it is a deliberate measure to keep zoomed 
> in to maintain its sense of locality". :-) I don't want it to be simple 
> to move to other areas; it's not useful to the purpose of the site 
> (beyond locating a report as already mentioned), and leads to people 
> leaving updates on reports purely to troll (as has happened elsewhere 
> with publicised reports). The Design Museum agreed, when FixMyStreet was 
> shortlisted for Design of the Year in the Interactive category - "a very 
> neat exercise in using constraints positively" :)
> 
> ATB,
> Matthew
> 
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